Cody Connell biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Cody Page Carter Connell is a white man from Louisiana, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. (a)
2. He hails from Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. (a)
3. On February 1, 2018, he started working at Dykes Oil Well Servicing. (a)
4. On May 17, 2018, he started working at Nabors Industries. (a)
5. On March 19, 2019, he started working at Baywater Drilling. (a)
6. On January 5, 2021, he reposted Donald Trump‘s Facebook post inviting supporters to attend the Save America March rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021. The 45th U.S. president wrote, “I will be speaking at the SAVE AMERICA RALLY tomorrow on the Ellipse at 11AM Eastern. Arrive early — doors open at 7AM Eastern. BIG CROWDS!”
7. At around 11: 43 a.m. on January 6, 2021, he posted a Facebook video showing himself and his cousin Daniel Page Adams of Texas, USA walking in Washington, D.C. with the Washington Monument in the foreground. He was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and a gray hat with markings on the front bottom-left. That day, Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. (b)
8. On January 7, 2021, an anonymous tipster informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. The tipster sent a screenshot of a Facebook exchange he had with another person in which he wrote, “I have more videos of us breaching the Capitol but not gonna post them. We will be back and it will be a lot worse than yesterday!” (b)
9. He was planning to return to Washington, D.C. sometime during the week of January 18, 2021 and was talking to people from Texas about buying long-rifle firearms, ammunition and body armor to bring with them, a witness told the FBI. (b)
10. FBI special agent Michael Sahadi Jr. filed a criminal complaint against him, which was assigned to a U.S. Magistrate Judge on January 15, 2021. (b)
11. On January 16, 2021, he was arrested in Louisiana while Adams was arrested in Texas. (c)
12. For their participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he and Adams were charged with assaulting a federal officer; obstructing law enforcement engaged in official duties incident to civil disorder; knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on the U.S. Capitol grounds. (c)
13. He was 27 years old when he was arrested on January 16, 2021. (c)

(This is a developing story. More details will be added.)

SOURCES:

• a. Cody Connell
• b. Michael Sahadi Jr.
• c. ArkLaTex Homepage